Planting-machine.



' R. J. & H.E. ALTGELT.

. PLANTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 7, 1910.

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Attorney UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicEf RUDOLPH JOSEPH ALTGELT AND HERMANERNEST ALTGELT, 0F SOUTH BEND', INDI- ANA, ASSIGNORS T0 OLIVER CHILLEDPLOW WORKS, 0F SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

IPLANTING-IVIAGHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

Application led May '7, 1910. Serial No. 559,944.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RUDOLPH J. ALT- GELT and HERMAN E. ALTGELT, ofSouth Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Planting-Machines; andwe do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled Withthese objects in View the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set fogth andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View: Fig. 2 is a sideelevation, partly in section on the line ccof Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is asection on the line g/-y of Fig. 1.

1 represents an arch axle having its respective ends mounted in the hubsof carrying wheels 2. In front of the carrying wheels, the horizontalcross-beam 3 of a rigid frame is located and this cross-beam isconnected by means ofbars 4 with bracket 5 secured to the verticalmembers of the crank-axle 1. Standards 6 are secured at their lower endsto the brackets 5 and upon the upper ends of these standards, ahorizontal channel beam 7 is secured. This channel-beam supports aseries of seed hoppers S and feeding mechanism therefor. The fronttransverse beam of the rigid framework has secured to the centralportion thereof, the lower ends of two standards 9, the latter beingspaced apart and secured at their upper ends to a tongue 10. The rearendof the tongue 10 terminates approximately over the crank axle and isconnected with the channel beam 7 by means of a rigid arm or prop 11.The parallel standards 9 are made, each with a series of perforations topermit the adjustable attachment of a clevis 12.

The front horizontal beam 3 is made angular in cross-section and itsupright member is provided with numerous perforations 13 for theaccommodation of bolts by means of which brackets '14 are secured tosaid cross-beam.y The brackets 14 adjacent to the ends of the cross-beamcan be adjusted laterally with relation to the latter for the purpose ofpermitting lateral adjustment of the beams 15 of furrow openers 16, sothat the machine can be adjusted for planting in rows differentdistances apart. The forward end of each beam 15 is pivotally attachedto one of the brackets 14 and each beam is provided with a lateral brace17 which is also pivotally attached to the same bracket 14. Each furrowopener 16 is secured to a standard 18 which is bifurcated to receive thedepending rear end of a beam 15,-suitable securing devices beingemployed to rigidly fasten the standard and beam together. Each standard18 is provided with a sleeve 19 and a collar or clip 2O which serve tohold in place, a boot 21 disposed behind the depending portion of thebeams 15 and the furrow opener carried by this beam. Each beam 15 isprovided adjacent to the upper end of its depending portion, with a loop22 through which a seed tube passes,-the lower end of said seed tube 2323 entering the boot 21 and the upper end communicating with the feedmechanism of one of the hoppers 8.

The feed mechanism above referred to and which may be of any approvedconstruction, is operated from a shaft 24 and the latter is providedwith a sprocket wheel 25 receiving motion from a sprocket chain 26 andthe latter is driven by a sprocket Awheel 27 rotatable with one of thecarrying wheels. The sprocket chain 26 is maintained taut by means of aroller carried by a spring pressed arm 29.

Located behind the furrow openers and having a length appreciablygreater than the width of the machine, is a horizontal angle beam 30comprising several sections adjustably secured together. The sectionalangle beam 30 is supported by means of links 31 attached to the rearends of arms 32 adjustably attached to the sleeves 19. Each section ofthe angle beam 30 has secured thereto, the respective ends of a chaincoverer 33 so disposed as to travel immediately behind the adjacentfurrow opener and seed discharging boot. By adjusting the arms the anglebeam 30 and the forward ends of the chain coverers can be adjustedvertically and by making the angle beam 30 in sections which areadjustable longitudinally with respect to each other, the chainco-verers can be adjusted in accordance with the adjustment of thefurrow opener and planting devices for planting in rows differentdistances apart.

Brackets 34 are secured to the channel beam 7 and afford bearings for arock-shaft having rearwardly projecting arms 36. To the rear ends of thearms 36, the upper ends of rods 37 'are adjustably connected and thelower ends of these rods are pivotally attached to lugs 371 on the beamsl5. To one of the standards G, an operating lever 38 is pivotallyattached and provided with an arm 39 connected by means of a link 40with an arm 41 depending from the rock-shaft 35. This lever is providedwith a suitable manually operated latch to engage the teeth of a segment4t2 which may also be secured to the said standard G. By depressing theoperating lever 38, the rockshaft will be turned in a direction toelevate the arms 36 and raise all of the beams l5 simultaneously. Thusit will be seen that by manipulating the lever 38 all of the furrowopeners and seed discharging devices cooperating therewith can be raisedor lowered simultaneously. ln order to assist in raising the beams 15and attached parts, a spring l-Ql may be connected at one end with anarm 42h projecting from the rock-shaft 35 and at the other end with anarm 43 secured to the framework. The beams l5 at respective ends of themachine are connected with the center beam 15 by means of longitudinallyadjustable braces ll-,nthe connection of these braces with the beamsbeing above the attachment of t-he furrow opener standards with thelower end of said beam.

Various changes might be made in the details of construction of ourinvention without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting itsscope and hence we do not wish to restrict ourselves to the precisedetails herein set forth.

Having fully described our invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is,-G

l. The combination with carrying wheels, an axle and a tongue, of afixed frame supported by the axle and the tongue,

an upper horizontal beam disposed above the axle and frame and supportedthereby, furrow opener beams pivotally connected at their forward endswith the forward portion of said frame, supporting means for the rearportions of the furrow opener beams, mounted on said upper horizontalbeam, grain hoppers supported on said horizontal beam, furrow openers att-he rear ends of the furrow opener beams, and conveying meanscommunicating with said grain hop pers and discharging behind the furrowopeners.

2. The combination with a rigid frame and carrying wheels, of a seriesof furrow opener beams, furrow openers carried by the rear ends of saidbeams, seed discharging devices, a cross beam supported by the rear endsof said furro-w opener beams and chain coverers att-ached to saidcross-beam.

3. The combination with a rigid frame and carrying wheels, of a seriesof furrow opener beams attached at their forward ends to said rigidframe, furrow openers carried by rear ends of said beams, a transversebeam comprising longitudinally adjustable sections supported by thefurrow opener beams, and chain coverers attached to the sections of saidtransverse beam.

et. The combination with a rigid frame and carrying wheels, of a seriesof furrow opener beams, furrow openers at the rear ends of said beams,means adjustably and pivotally connecting two of said beams with theforward portion of the rigid frame, a series of chain coverers, meansfor adjusting said chain coverers laterally, and means for dischargingseed behind the furrow openers and in front of said chain coverers.

5. The combination with a rigid frame and carrying wheels, of a beamattached at its forward end to the frame, a furrow opener, a standardconnecting the furrow opener with the rear end of the beam, a verticallyadjustable arm projecting from said standard, a transverse beam in rearof the furrow opener and connected with said adjustable arm, a chaincoverer attached to said transverse beam, and seed discharging means.

In testimony whereof, we have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

RUDOLPH JOSEPH ALTGELT. HERMAN ERNEST ALTGELT.

lVtnesses:

ALFRED Mono, FRANK Gr. Dnnssnn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

